The high profile killing of George Floyd and subsequent trial has forced many Americans to examine systemic racism and its role in criminal justice over the last year. A new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll suggests that more Americans are now recognizing disparities in the lived experience of people of color in […] Read more »
Here’s what the sharp AAPI population growth means for politics
The face and culture of the United States has always been changing, with different races and ethnic groups flowing into the country and redefining what it means to be “American.” And in recent years some of the biggest impacts have come from Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Over the past […] Read more »
Black and Hispanic Americans See Their Origins as Central to Who They Are, Less So for White Adults
Most Americans say they are very familiar with their roots, but the strength of their attachment to them varies by race and Hispanic origin, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted to explore themes of self-identity ahead of last year’s U.S. decennial census. Black and Hispanic adults were more […] Read more »
America’s Racial Crisis: STAATUS Index Report 2021
… The newly formed organization Leading Asian Americans to Unite for Change or LAAUNCH, has conducted a national study to unearth data on the attitudes and perceptions of Asian Americans to address the root causes of racism and discrimination. Named the STAATUS Index (Social Tracking of Asian Americans in the […] Read more »
Jewish Americans in 2020
What does it mean to be Jewish in America? A new Pew Research Center survey finds that many Jewish Americans participate, at least occasionally, both in some traditional religious practices – like going to a synagogue or fasting on Yom Kippur – and in some Jewish cultural activities, like making […] Read more »
Why the Sun Belt may pick the next president
The battleground states across the industrial Midwest have functioned as the decisive tipping point of American politics for at least 30 years, especially in presidential elections. But the latest Census Bureau findings on both overall population growth and voter turnout in 2020 signal that the Sun Belt will increasingly rival, […] Read more »